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Ground floor Unit 5b Abbey Works King Street Whalley BB7 9SP

36720Applications for full consentRefused
Full

Proposal

Regularisation of unauthorised change of use to bar and music venue.

Received
6 August 2024
Decided
17 October 2024 · REFUSED
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received6 Aug
  2. Validated16 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Oct

Decided in 62 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Ribble Valley78% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Ground floor Unit 5b Abbey Works King Street Whalley BB7 9SP. Ribble Valley has handled 857 applications of this type and approves 81% of them, typically deciding them in 71 days. This one was decided in 72 days. The site is in the Whalley conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,396 applications in total for the BB7 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
36720
Address
Ground floor Unit 5b Abbey Works King Street Whalley BB7 9SP
Postcode
BB7 9SP
Local Authority
Ribble Valley
Application Type
Applications for full consent
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Rejected
Current Status
Decided - Final Decision

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address
Salvage House Unit 5b Abbey Works King Street Whalley BB7 9SP
Agent Address
Peter Hitchen Architects Marathon House The Sidings Business Park Whalley Clitheroe BB7 9SE

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
6 August 2024
Date Decided
17 October 2024
Date Validated
16 August 2024
Date Submitted
6 August 2024
Committee Meeting
17 October 2024

Planning Decision

Decision
REFUSED

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
18
Coordinates
53.820606, -2.407632
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Ribble Valley

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Whalley

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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